Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-28
ROCK ISLAND, THURSDAY. JULY %, 1887,
FOOD ADUlTERATI0N.
POISON LURKING IN THE MOST IN
NOCENT ARTICLES OF DIET.

NOCENT ARTICLES OF DIET.
Startling Revelations Concerning the
ComponeDts of Daily Food and Drink.
Disastrous Effects of Food Adulteration
on the Human Race.
Most of the known modern adulterauts do
not directly injure the health as they do the
pocket Some of them have an indirect or
remote effect on the physical condition.
Poison may be taken into the system in small
doses without immediate harm, but persist
ence in such doing will work eventual trouble.
1t is not good excuse, therefore, in behalf Of
injurious adulterations that there is not
enough of them absorbed at one time to do
injury. There is such a thing as cumulative
effect produced by repetition. The intro
duction of chcory is defended on the ground
that it really improves the coffee, and does no
mischief to the drinker. But DIR. Hassell says
that chicory is in prolonged use. injurious to
health, producing heartburn, cramp in the
stomach, loss ofappetite, acidity in the mouth,
constipation, with intermittent diarrhHa,
weakness of the limbs, trembling, sleeplessneSs
and a drunken eloudliness of the senses"
Professor Beer, the Vienna ocuist, says that
chicory produces blindness
The adulterations with which the public are
most familiar are those which affect dairy
products, because Just now there is good
deal of legislating going on relating to oleo-
margarine The chief adulterations of but
ter are fat from pork, commonly known as
neutral lard, and cotton seed oil. Cheese is
adulterated with animal and vegetable fats
There is a large manufacture going on in the
west OF cheese made from milk from which
the cream has been entirely extracted by the
separator process, the loss being made I'D by
the use of lard These lard cheeses are ex-
ported to Europe, and are seriously injuring
the American cheese trade. Other adultera-
tions in the manufacture of cheese are oleo,
cotton seed oil and low grades of butter.
A MOST DANGEROUS PRACTICE
The most dannerous or all food swinllino
practices is that which lowers the nutritive
quality of milk Its direct effect is LARGELY
upon infants and small children IT is the
opinion of the ablest medical observers that
half of the infant mortality in our cities is
due to sophisticated milk Professor Wiley
of the departmept of aor;cultura assa,ts that
lit is doubtfuI whether ~ nor cant of the
milk that reaches tine table ;s nura " The
princjnal aduIterant of milk in these modern
times is wafer The cra,m ;s skimnad and
water is added 70 restore tb bpll, and ,vaioht
The color is restored nv colorinp matters
The condiments are more adulterated than
any other solid food substances NearIv all
mustard sold has an addition of flower This is
permitted by the Englisb and the New York
law If the fact of tbe mixture is consnicp.
ously stated on the label ITsraJIv IL ;s M,
so stated and the s,.ticjo is sold es nura ,pus-
tard Gvnsum is another rnodern adnlterant
of mustard. Pepper suffers from additions
like ground beans and rice with mustard
bulls to give pungencv. The fact was mem
toned in the press recentIy that New YORK
snice manufactured had Ground m, 3 oao
nounds of coco,put buske for adrItsrot;or
purposes. The difFiculty of procurino npre
olive oil in this country at the present time
is well known. The adulterant, or. perhaps.
properly speaking. the substitute is COTTON
seed oil No Doubt this new southern pro,uct
is wholesome and not unrle.sant m the tosta
lint whom ton co,ts, u,,+h Of il !. ,noao -, ~
dntv for dollars worth of ,,,a ov+,oct of +ho
olive fruit if is rerdarad tba ,,,e1;,,r, oe =
swipdle If is cbaroad that come lol.a,,s
OtIlIZp nIuStV tlODr in broad nlal-IpO 1rbit
ing il with aum and svvaatenino if witt chi
phare of conner IN some Of the cbean bat-
ing nowjers sold tbere are copsida,abia nor.
centapes of lime o,d alum
LESS CHEATING THAN ropmrprv
In tea. Golfer and smear there * loss cbo,t
ing than formerly due to the cheanop;,o ,f
the market value of tho article. wha,,o
fbere is fierce couratit;o, batva.,,, ,-.,,,.a,.s
mn the Sam. blool- in tI,asa st,rIos the ,bo.t
inc, is moro Iilalv 70 ha in ebort ,,a;cbt Oe
tba t,,r,a o,.ticI,s ,,,o,,i,,od +o, - a.
,n,,st exrarsivn &c tor,,,or.,I ,,;+h - 80. -
,dpItaroto,,s tn cliaf frard ~ +h. ,,,.,,,,,,,
Inv ;s tho ;,trodrctio,, of ,ao Ina,,as e.
bay, Iae,, ,,sad s;op,s- ,s,,.s ,c, j., T,,,,,I,,
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-, - - 'ne pul p'0e Vi
al to bny tham nm ar bote,s "a
other ni,cae ot 81 NANCE 70 ro,,ao .-a,.
pound They were taken IN the toctorias
mixed with n soIutior of ,r,,p, and ,at,,;os
IF tber were iptendad for blacl 70, +,,a1 80
mixed with rose and mini and hI,ct j..d 70
.,to face then, y ,s tho troda co.,, = ST
fixed M teas as are discovered in Nav yort
at tbe present time ,vare .duItarotad :,
china ,boro .boro a,.o - 80. - -
veniences for their maninuIation rbsn haro
Resides exbarstad ,aaves tha laavas nf attar
plants and frees which hear n raser,J,nco r.,
the taa loaf are made NV th. aduItarators to
nass for II The fraud can hordl, ha' ,,a,ao.ad
without tho ,,,;crosco,,a
The ,n;~;,T If cbion,.,, ,,;., o,ro,,,,a oos.o
for Gale ;s n.r,,ittad h,. +ha NJ, VI. ~
provided the whole comnonnd contains , 80
less than 20 per cent Of cotTaa ,nd ,ha oxaot
percentaqe of coffee he ,,rint,.d mon ths IaIa,,
of aocb nack,ge Prt thn,erh oI,;o,,,,, =; e..
ouaptlv m;xad with tha ,,ro,,,,,, - -, :;
II - -.-- ,i e"e s'"ui''' ooiiee soiu III
I'VE" iorh' nousekeeTers VIII not be able to
recall many instances where they have seen